District of Columbia vs South Carolina
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
District of Columbia comes out ahead on 5 of them and South Carolina on 10, but that tally is not a recommendation: it weighs a difference in class size the same as a difference in house price. Read the rows that matter to you.
MeasureDistrict of ColumbiaSouth Carolina
Home price$579,332$309,323
Rent paid$1,954$1,194
Cost of living138.894.7
Income$109,707$72,350
Property tax0.61%0.49%
Income tax10.75%6.00%
Sales tax6.00%7.49%
Electric bill$152$166
Snowfall10.2 in1.5 in
Precipitation39.7 in42.9 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²4.60 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.014.3
Bachelor's or higher65.5%33.3%
Crime rate1,006437
Commute31.0 min26.3 min
Unemployment6.0%4.4%
Population change+0.6%+8.8%
Wildfire risk26.271.1
Flood risk97.482.7
Bold marks the better figure where a measure has a better direction. Weather, snowfall and rainfall are shown plain, because warmer is not better — it is a preference.